Jeremiah 10:12

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

In Context

11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”

13When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”

Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Psalms 78:69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

Psalms 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:2-17

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord , Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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